Category Archives: Museum Happenings

The Museum Educators at Creative Discovery Museum create fun, playful and positive experiences through interactions and engagement with visitors. So if you’ve ever visited our Museum, you have probably seen Madeline excitedly teaching guests the wonders of science all the while displaying her infectious smile. Continue reading →

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“You’re a grand old flag, you’re a high flyin’ flag, and forever in peace may you wave…”

These words are etched in the mind of every child who graduated from Fairyland School during the 1980s and ’90s. In those days, when teachers had time to teach the “soft skills” (like getting along with others, self-esteem, and the confidence to perform in front of a group), the emphasis on memorizing patriotic songs and “recitations” that I experienced in school as a child of the ’50s was already waning. Continue reading →

They might not know all of their numbers just quite yet, but rising kindergartners across Chattanooga will soon be counting down the days until they start big school thanks in part to our Countdown to Kindergarten program. Continue reading →

Local non-profit, Causeway, recently posed a question to all of Chattanooga: “How can more opportunities to play make Chattanooga a stronger city?”

You might think as a children’s museum that specializes in learning through play, a day at the Museum might have been enough to answer the question. But, three teens in ourMuseum Apprentice Program (MAPs) wanted to take it a step further and reach a group that is unfortunately frequently left out of the play conversation: senior citizens. Continue reading →